Rebecca Escamilla
Lover of books, science, nature, family, justice, music, language, art, love, internets.
An Infographic Detailing Where, When, and Why Books Have Been Censored Through History
An infographic by PrinterInks.com lays out the history of books that have been banned in different countries through history. Some of the books are banned…
Penguins Don Jerseys and Pass a Soccer Ball in the Penguin World Cup at Matsue Vogel Park in Japan
Penguins at the Matsue Vogel Park in Japan had a ball when they dressed in uniform and kicked a soccer ball with their beaks at…
How Different Tools and Ingredients Affect the End Result When Baking the Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie
Tessa Arias of Handle the Heat thoroughly researched how different baking pans, ingredient ratios, and amounts of dough-chilling time affected the result when baking chocolate…
New York Public Library’s Newly Discovered Collection of Quirky Vintage Reference Questions
Staff at the New York Public Library recently found a recipe box containing a collection of interesting reference questions posed to librarians from the 1940s…
Artisan Candy Makers Demonstrate the Craft of Producing Candy Canes by Hand
Artisan candy makers at Lofty Pursuits in Tallahassee, Florida demonstrate the tools and process that go into the creation of handmade candy canes. Making candy…
Cards Against Humanity Gives Its Holiday Patrons the Gift of a Parcel of Land on a Private Island Named ‘Hawaii 2’
When Cards Against Humanity fans signed up for Ten Days or Whatever of Kwanzaa, they weren’t expecting a license for their own one-square-foot parcel of…
Accursed Cthulhumas Cookies for a Singularly Decadent Holiday
After the horrific construction of her Cthulhumas Wreath Creature, writer Maika Keuben baked a batch of adorably accursed Cthulhumas cookies shaped like H.P. Lovecraft‘s fictional…
Iconic Buildings of Portland, Oregon Modeled in Gingerbread
Portland, Oregon-based artist Brittany Powell of Low-Commitment Projects has once again cooked up art with food in her recent project, Gingerbread Portland. Powell created iconic…
AsapSCIENCE Explains the Potential Adverse Health Effects of Sitting Too Much
Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown of AsapSCIENCE thoroughly explain why sitting for extended periods of time—at a desk at work, for example—can be harmful to…
A Collection of Creepy Vintage Krampus Christmas Postcards in the Book ‘Devil in Design’
The 2004 book Devil in Design by Monte Beauchamp (previously) of BLAB! features a beautiful collection of creepy vintage Krampus Christmas postcards. The book, published…